About Mental Health and Substance Use Services
Mental Health and Substance use Services refer to a range of health care and support services designed to address mental health conditions and substance use issues.
These services aim to promote emotional, psychological, and social well-being while helping individuals manage and recover from conditions related to mental health (such as depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders) and substance use that can lead to addiction.
Key Observations
In 2024-2025:
• In Zone 5, half of citizens using the “one-at-a-time” therapy services had to wait 13 days or longer to receive care.
• In New Brunswick, 12% of individuals hospitalized for mental health and substance use required repeated hospital care, with three or more episodes of care. This percentage was lowest in Zone 7 (5%) and highest in Zone 4 (19%).
• Self-harm hospitalizations per 100,000 population were highest in Zone 2 (80 per 100,000) and lowest in Zone 5 (25 per 100,000)
